The incoming Drew University senior didn't know what to expect when she posted an emotional appeal to YouTube, asking for help paying $2,800 back tuition after two deaths in her family made it hard to meet her financial obligations. Had the bill gone unpaid, Hill wouldn't have been able to attend classes this fall.

Not everyone took kindly to Hill's YouTube plea, which Hill said she made after exhausting all other options.

Several NJ.com users, responding to a story about Hill's call for help, said they worked several jobs while facing hardship, and still paid for education — or made the hard choice to postpone it. Hill works a 40-hour job in the summer, and works part-time during the school year. She also gets a stipend for working as a housing assistant.

Some said she should take out loans, or transfer to a less expensive school. Hill has said she has no credit for loans, and going to Drew has been her dream since she was 16.

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And some of those comments were overtly angry, upset that Hill, who gets substantial financial aid, would ask others to pay her remaining costs.

"Sorry I'm being a hater right now but this
gets me fired up," NJ.com user Erin Michele wrote. "She has already been given virtually a FREE
education and now she is asking 'us' to cover the rest. Ridiculous."

Hill responds to those comments in her new YouTube video.

"You may say and think whatever you please, but just know that your negativity did not stop me, and understand that I personally will not stop until I become who I want to be in life," she said.

Hill hopes to become an art therapist, working with children.

"I wish you all the best in your dreams and aspirations, and that whenever you are faced with struggles, you never give up, and you never let your pride keep you from your success," she says in the new video.